matt thomas. up next on the program is the auction block with investors turning to bonds.eal yields are higher in the u.s. 16 of 21 e.m. markets, that conversation is next. this is "real yield". ♪ ♪ jonathan: i am jonathan ferro and this is bloomberg real yield. emerging-market dollar bonds have struggled in 2018. the local currency bonds have fared better, and the trend extends to issuance and borrowers are raising more money than ever before, and those bond sales have exceeded $1 trillion. almost triple from last year. one company from e.m. set to make a notable offering is teva, holding its first offering as a high-yield issuer, selling $3.5 billion in euro -- and over in asia singapore's auction of 30 year bonds cover a ratio of 2.21, which is the highest level for 30 or debt since 2012. with me is henry peabody, matt, and lori, henry, emerging markets -- a conversation of a trade war holding up really well, why? henry: it is hard to make a blanket statement about e.m. but we like the space and there is a narrative around better growth. a narrative about the early cycl

matt, let's see if i'm right. good luck. here we go. ♪ the jeopardy! round today contains these categories... followed by... not all seasons. thomas not more... 2 seasons, $200. matt. -what is speeding bullet? -bullet, yeah. man for 2 seasons, $400. matt again. -who is michael jordan? -he's the one. 2 seasons, $600. -shari. -who are the raiders?

matt, thlomat diplomats. >> the russians are closing both uk controlled consulate and cultural center. joini joining us now, thomasckering, former ambassador to russia. your reaction now to this response from russia, the expulsion of these 23 british diplomats and these two facilities. >> it is measured in a sense that the numerical equality in the expulsions is exact. it may also be measured in the fact that the british did a number of things with respect to russian activities and individuals in britain in addition to the expulsions and the russians have closed st. petersburg and cultural center on their side and we'll wait and see. interestingly enough, boris johnson yesterday took the mystery away if there was any mystery and charged president putin with being directly involved. something they hadn't done. they said the russian government was involved or the russian government allowed some rogue element to become involved. that has been cleared away in terms of boris johnson. so that is there. and secondly, scotland yard has now says another russian who died mysteriously this week was put in the category of a m

matt who already confessed he was the killer. no. it was some friend he communicated with via text message, a guy he called thomas. so, a little confusing, perhaps. but for the investigators from nebraska, it seemed to be starting to come together. >> what was their sense of things after that first day of questioning? is. >> i think sense of accomplishment. mainly because we could have confessions from greg and jessica for the mhomicides. >> it's a reason to pretty much do a high five. >> that's what these investigators did. now, with greg fest erand jessica lead in jail. they set about finding physical evidence to back up their claims. incredibly, once again, one little thing, no the a ring this time, was about to turn the whole business upside down all over again. detective jim roarer looked for evidence to support or refute the stories told by the teenagers. stories in a they had witnessed but did not commit the gruesome murders of wayne and sharmon on easter weekend. roarer went to reed's place, a sort of plop house for teens, as he called it. >> what we were looking for was anything at all that would tie them